James F. Byrnes High School

The students versus faculty basketball game results are in! Students for the win! It was a close game! Sorry teachers maybe next year!

Please see below the events that will be hosted this week at Byrnes HS. Visiting team and spectator information, as well as ticketing information, for these events: 🎟️ https://fan.hudl.com/usa/sc/duncan/organization/14048/byrnes-high-school/tickets Monday, October 5, 2026 🎾 Girls JV Tennis vs. JL Mann Beech Springs Courts Start 5:00 PM 🏈 Girls Flag Football vs. Dorman Nixon Stadium 6:00 PM Byrnes Silver vs. Dorman White 6:00 PM Byrnes Blue vs. Dorman Blue 7:15 PM Byrnes Blue vs. Dorman White 7:15 PM Byrnes Silver vs. Dorman Blue 🏐 Boys Volleyball vs. Woodmont Byrnes Main Gym Varsity 6:00 PM Tuesday, October 6, 2026 🎾 Girls Varsity Tennis vs. Woodmont Beech Springs Courts Start: 5:00 PM 🏐 Girls Volleyball vs. Woodmont Byrnes Main Gym JV 5:30 PM Varsity 7:00 PM Thursday, October 8, 2026 🏈 C-Team Football vs. Burns, NC Nixon Stadium *All Fans will be seated on the Home side.Start 6:30 PM Friday, October 9, 2026 🏈 Varsity Football vs. Mauldin Nixon Stadium 7:30 PM

Congratulations are in order for members of both our girls and boys swim teams, who are headed to the 2026 Swimming State Championships! This championship run is the result of podium finishes in Region swim competition for Kira Garrett, who got first place in both the 200 and 100 free AND set a new team record in the 200 free with a time of 1:57.21! Along with Charlie Malone, who got third place in the 100 back! Bailey Williamson, Abigail Moore, Caroline McCarty, and Kira Garrett got third place in the 400 free relay. And Kira Garrett and Charlie Malone for got All Region--top 20 point scorers!! The Class AAAAA Swimming State Championship sessions will be held this Thursday (girls) 10/8 at 6:00pm and this Saturday (boys) 10/10 at 6:00pm at the University of South Carolina Natatorium in the Solomon Blatt Physical Education Center located at 1440 Wheat Street Columbia SC 29201. The following athletes will be part of the STATE TEAM: Girls: Ellie Brooks Nyah Henderson Caroline McCarty Ava Seman Bailey Williamson Ally Stocum Kira Garrett Abigail Moore Boys: Logan McCarty Jameson Lea Charlie Malone Nathaniel West Our swim team is coached by Coach Liz Whalen. Additional information about the swimming State Championship can be found here: https://schsl.org/archives/19964

🚒 Today, Mrs. Demumbreum's Forensic Science class hosted: 🔥 Spartanburg County Captain, Byrnes alumni, Jacob Newman 🔥 Lieutenant Ryan Jones of Duncan Fire department and 🔥 Firefighter, Byrnes alumni, Brady Rice from Duncan Fire Department. Students were able to ask questions, talk about real-world problems and, of course, use some fire tech on the fire truck and try on some gear. And even high schoolers enjoy stickers!! 🥰

🏃 MOVE MONDAY 🏃
Move. Lead. Conquer. 🏋️‍♀️Coach Pruitt’s PE 3 wrestling students hit the weight room today. 🇺🇸 ROTC attended the Raider Meet at Dorman on Saturday.

🎶 That's a wrap! The C. Phillip McIntyre Tournament of Bands was a success. We have an amazing Rebel Regiment Family of staff, students volunteers and boosters who pulled off a modified rain schedule for the remaining 18 bands and pulled off an amazing full day showcase! Thank you to all the bands who came from all over South Carolina to participate!

Tournament of Bands today has an updated abbreviated schedule for 18 remaining bands https://schedules.competitionsuite.com/3eab95a0-6aca-409c-bb22-3677b7749102_standard.htm Byrnes Bands begin performing at 1:40 pm with final awards at 2.

Teachers were busy today in staff development sessions with their Professional Learning Communities (PLC) and departments. Additional sessions on campus included the AVID site team and department chair meetings. Our District Staff Development Day also allowed specialty groups to meet with their colleagues from other campuses including: all Career Development Facilitators, all Guidance Counselors and all Multilingual Learner Program Teachers. It was a great day!

🔬Discover & Design Thursday ➗ Calculate. Experiment. Create. 🧫Mrs. Yarborough’s Chemistry students looked at precipitates through the bottom of a microwell plate. 🫆Mrs. Demumbreum’s Forensics students hosted Spartanburg’s County’s Chief Coroner Investigator Jonathan Lawson to share his experience as a coroner and his prior experiences in law enforcement. ⚠️Dr. Hedgpeth’s Math classes witnessed the dangers of extrapolation on Friday with the conclusion of their Barbie Bungee activity. While a few Barbies had a good jump, most of the models did not hold up to extrapolation. One particular doll appeared to explode upon impact!

The Runnin’ Rebel Golf Tournament will be held October 10th at River Falls in Duncan. Contact Layne.Fowler@spart5.net to register. Registration will also take place on October 10.

🌎 WORLD WEDNESDAY 🌎
Speak It. Know It. Experience It.

🌎🇲🇽🇨🇴🇩🇴🇬🇹🇵🇪🇪🇸 Mrs. Greenfield’s Spanish 1 students worked on their Hispanic Heritage Project with the objective to explore the culture and traditions of a Spanish-speaking country while developing Spanish language skills. 🌎✨

⌨️Mrs. Petit’s Spanish 2 Honors practiced their spelling with an online typing game and then read and corrected statements about food and beverages.🍔🧃

Our AVID students took a field trip to Greenville Tech yesterday!📚

🖥️ Tech Tuesday 🖥️ Power Up Your Future! 🎥Media Tech interns running the Jumbotron. This opportunity is part of a district internship program that gives students real-world experience working in live production through Media Tech.

Make sure this is your view today! It is picture day!!!

🏃 MOVE MONDAY 🏃
Move. Lead. Conquer. 🏋️‍♀️ Coach Cross’s Strength and Fitness students hit the weight room today. 🥏 Coach Higdon’s PE classes played disk golf at Tyger River Park. 👟FIGHT Club (Friends Into Getting Healthy Together) did a mile of cardio on Main Street and were able to stop at Ohana's for a cool treat thanks to retired club founder, Coach Holcombe.

Reminder: Picture day is tomorrow, Tuesday September 29.

👟Track and Field Open Season Conditioning starts on October 5th.
📅Practice Mondays and Wednesdays 4pm-5pm
💪Physicals must be uploaded to Arbiter in order to practice
‼️ Grades 10-12

Attention Students and Parents:
💳 Order your yearbooks and senior ads here: jostens.com https://www.jostens.com/apps/store/customer/1042745/James-F-Byrnes-High-School/

💸 Yearbooks were $70 but prices increased September 5th.

🗓️ Senior ads start at $50. Prices increased October 3rd.

⚠️ Ad sales END January 15th.

📸 Picture day for sophomores & juniors were September 29th.
MAKEUP picture day for sophomores & juniors is October 20th.

🤵‍♂️ MAKEUP Senior Portraits are October 6th & 7th at Byrnes.

🏫 Sign up for an ON-CAMPUS appointment here.: https://schedule.planhero.com/events/fbd08e2c8/byrnes-high-senior-class-of-27-makeup-portraits

📍 If you can't get an on-campus appointment, sign up for a STUDIO appointment here.: https://schedule.planhero.com/events/58147e26a/class-of-27-senior-portrait-appointment-in-studio/event_dates/289915
NOTE: The studio is in Greer.

⚠️ These are the last opportunities to have your portrait taken for the yearbook AND displayed at graduation.

9️⃣ BFA picture day is October 22nd. (MAKEUP BFA picture day is November 6th. )

Congratulations to these Hall of Fame Athletes and Coaches! Once a Rebel, Always a Rebel!

🎶The Rebel Regiment took the Grand Championship yesterday at the Foothills Tournament of Champions. Congratulations, Rebels!! Presenting the James F. Byrnes HS 2026 Fall Production……… “Frames of Mind” join us on a journey of self-reflection using our past experiences and former versions of ourselves to ultimately unlock our greatest potential. Our musical selections include: Kaleidoscope of Mathematics from a Beautiful Mind by James Horner Unseen no. 4 by Micheal Torke Javelin by Micheal Torke Agape by Nicholas Britell Go Do by Jósnsi Musical Design by Michael Martin and A.J. Pace Visual Design by Jon Vanderkolff Program Coordination and Aesthetic Design by Jim Moore